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Apr 5, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How Top AI Models Survived a Year‑Long Virtual Startup Simulation

A year‑long YC‑Bench simulation pits twelve leading large‑language models against a virtual startup environment, revealing stark differences in profitability, cost efficiency, memory handling, and strategic decision‑making, with only three models ending the year profitable and a handful achieving high cost‑performance ratios.